North-South health development cooperation often includes research financed largely by external donors. The cooperation varies between projects and programmes with regard to subject area, mix of disciplines involved, research methods, training components and project management arrangements. A...

It is now well recognised that regular microcredit intervention is not enough to effectively reach the ultra poor in rural Bangladesh, in fact it actively excludes them for structural reasons. A grants-based integrated intervention was developed (with health inputs to mitigate the income-erosion...

A quantitative content (CA) and qualitative discourse analysis (DA) was made of all 67 articles in the February 1995 ("Tet") issue of Suc Khoe ("Health"), a bi-weekly newspaper issued by Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam. The aim was to uncover discursive strategies used in the construction of...

The focus of this research was on what mothers do when their children suffer from ARI at household level in rural settlements in Oyo State, Nigeria. A total of 419 mothers were interviewed. The study has combined three research methods, namely semi-structured questionnaire, in-depth interview...

A double perspective, one medical-pharmacological and one social-anthropological, is used to understand the logic of drug utilization among practitioners and outpatients at a health unit in Sri Lanka. Both negative and positive aspects of local prescribing practices are highlighted. Western...

In this study, we analysed stakeholder perceptions of the process of implementing the coordination of health-sector aid in Zambia, Africa. The aim of coordination of health aid is to increase the effectiveness of health systems and to ensure that donors comply with national priorities. With...

The private sector is a dominant actor in the provision of pharmaceuticals, particularly in developing countries. Private provision of drugs has been associated with risks regarding availability, affordability, rational use and drug quality. Ensuring an effective regulatory framework is...